Twitter's Rise in the UK and Two Other Stories You Need to Know

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Tuesday, May 15, 2012
SOCIAL MEDIA TOP STORIES What Are You Worth to Facebook? Val-You Calculator Knows Most Restaurant-Goers Rely on Online Reviews [INFOGRAPHIC] AOL Founder Warns Zuckerberg: Don't Get Distracted by Facebook IPO [VIDEO] ALL STORIES SOCIAL MEDIA Twitter's Rise in the UK and Two Other Stories You Need to Know 8:26:16 AM Stan Schroeder Welcome to this morning's edition of "First To Know," a series in which we keep you in the know on wha''s happening in the digital world. Today, we've found three stories that'll be a great starter for your day. Twitter Reaches 10 Million Active... This Bot Turns Your Tweets into Rhyming Couplets 4:53:32 AM Stephanie Haberman Meet Pentametron, a website and Twitter account that is a literature nerd's dream. It is a bot that uses an algorithm to find and retweet rhyming couplets in iambic pentameter. The bot retweets sequential tweets that fit into the ten-syllable... What People Really Want vs. What They Share on Social Media 12:25:41 AM Matt Silverman Take a look at someone's stream of social media updates. Can you determine what they really want out of life? Now ask them point blank about their aspirations. Will you get the same answers? Maybe not, according to the comparison below. Social... Twitter Campaign Donates Your Unused Characters Monday, May 14, 2012 11:08 PM Zoe Fox Forget old clothing and canned food -- you can now donate your unused Twitter characters to a good cause. A new application called Hashtags4Heroes auto-populates the unused characters in your tweets with messages raising awareness for the Wounded... This Is Your Mom on Social Media [INFOGRAPHIC] Monday, May 14, 2012 9:13 PM Sam Laird Social media: It's not just for college kids anymore. Families use Facebook to stay in touch across generations. Friends well into middle age share photos on Instagram. There's even an 80-year-old grandmother on a quest for 80,000 Twitter... AOL Founder Warns Zuckerberg: Don't Get Distracted by Facebook IPO [VIDEO] Monday, May 14, 2012 8:38 PM Lance Ulanoff Before Facebook, which is now just days away from a record-busting IPO, there was America Online or AOL. Before Social Media, there was Community. It's quite possible that without the bulletin boards and chat rooms of the 70's, 80's and 90's,... Most Restaurant-Goers Rely on Online Reviews [INFOGRAPHIC] Monday, May 14, 2012 7:54 PM Joann Pan In the digital age, finding a scrumptious meal or delectable dessert is only a few clicks away. Food review sites and apps like Yelp and Foodspotting make eating well superbly easy. Before setting foot outside, about 45% of consumers have already... What Are You Worth to Facebook? Val-You Calculator Knows Monday, May 14, 2012 6:30 PM Kate Freeman Exactly how much are you worth to Facebook, in terms of advertising dollars? A new quiz will help you find out. Online privacy company Abine has a Val-You quiz that will determine your dollar value to Facebook. The quiz asks you where you live,... Mashable Connect: Highlights From the 'Happiest Conference on Earth' Monday, May 14, 2012 6:16 PM Jennifer Diamond Building on the success of last year's Mashable Connect, our biggest conference of the year returned in 2012 to explore the future of digital with some of the brightest minds in the industry and Mashable's passionate community. Set in a truly... Facebook Privacy: This Service Alerts You When it Changes [INFOGRAPHIC] Monday, May 14, 2012 6:08 PM Kate Freeman Online privacy company Abine has launched a service called PrivacyWatch, which alerts subscribers when Facebook changes its privacy settings. The service costs $1.99 per month, and also includes expert analysis of any changes Facebook makes to...		TOP STORIES TODAY This Bot Turns Your Tweets into Rhyming Couplets This Is Your Mom on Social Media [INFOGRAPHIC] Twitter's Rise in the UK and Two Other Stories You Need to Know What People Really Want vs. What They Share on Social Media Twitter Campaign Donates Your Unused Characters TOP TOPICS Trending 6,091 followers Social Media 69,131 followers Entertainment 3,317 followers Business 35,476 followers Mobile 4,785 followers Apps And Software 953 followers Twitter 55,182 followers Viral Video 968 followers Startups 9,337 followers Music 2,643 followers
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